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AI & TECH
AI targets your next Airline ticket price – Delta Air Lines is rolling out AI-driven ticket pricing that analyzes users’ booking patterns, habits and even time of day to tailor fares in real time. What used to be fixed pricing is now personalized—Delta plans to use this tech for 20% of its domestic flights by year's end, raising privacy and fairness concerns.
More schools are embracing AI – At Alpha School in Austin, Texas, students spend just two hours a day on academics—delivered via AI tutoring apps—while the rest of the day is devoted to building life and teamwork skills under human “guides.” The model is expanding to about a dozen new cities this fall.
DOGE’s new AI tool aims to slash regulations – Trump administration’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has unveiled the “DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool,” which scans roughly 200,000 federal rules to identify up to 100,000 for elimination—aiming to slash 50 percent by January 20, 2026. HUD and CFPB have already used it. Legal accuracy concerns remain.
CAREER & WORK
Gen Z creators ditch college for millions – Gen Z content creators are earning millions from side hustles, using platforms like TikTok and Patreon-style services to monetize their audiences. High earnings are prompting many to question the value of traditional college degrees—seeing credential costs as less worthwhile when creator incomes often exceed expectations.
Meta taps OpenAI brainpower – Meta appoints former OpenAI researcher Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of its new Superintelligence Labs. Zhao, who helped design ChatGPT and OpenAI’s reasoning model o1, will set the scientific agenda under CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. Meta aims to build AI models that meet or exceed human-level performance.
AI job postings skyrocket – AI‑related job postings have surged—doubling in the past year—with more than 80,000 roles now requiring generative AI skills, up from just 3,780 in 2010, says a Brookings‑Lightcast report. Annual growth in AI postings of ~29 % outpaces the ~11 % rise in general jobs.
ECONOMY & FINANCE
Money stress delays life milestones – Financial anxiety is forcing many Americans to delay or abandon major life milestones—marriage, parenthood, homeownership, and retirement. A Guardian-Harris poll found 60% report economic uncertainty as a barrier. Escalating costs—from housing to student debt—are shifting timelines and fueling migration in search of stability.
US futures climb after Trump‑EU tariff deal – U.S. equity futures rose sharply July 27 after President Trump and EU Commission President von der Leyen unveiled a new trade agreement imposing a 15% tariff on most EU exports—well below previously threatened rates. Markets welcomed the accord as a move that eases trade friction and bolsters investor sentiment.
Big economic week ahead – Key developments to watch include the August 1 tariff deadline with major trading partners, the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting where no rate cut is expected but future signals are anticipated, and critical economic data releases—such as GDP, inflation, and jobs reports—that could shape market sentiment and Fed decision-making.
VC & FUNDING
Defense data startup surfaces with $2.3M Boost – Spear AI, a Washington, D.C. startup founded by U.S. Navy veterans, has raised its first outside funding—$2.3 million led by Cortical Ventures and Scare the Bear—to apply AI to passive acoustic submarine data. Already holding a $6 million U.S. Navy contract, the company plans to double its 40‑person team and expand into commercial applications like undersea pipeline monitoring.
Samsung hits play on video AI – Samsung backs video‑AI startup Memories.ai, which just raised $8 million in a seed round led by Susa Ventures with participation from Samsung Next and others. The startup’s AI platform can analyze up to 10 million hours of footage, providing searchable indexing, tagging, segmentation, and aggregation across long video contexts, targeting marketing and security firms.
BIG THINK
AI in Warfare: Precision Tool or Escalating Threat Machine?
AI is becoming central to modern defense strategies across domains—but not without serious tension and controversy.
In recent trials, the U.S. Air Force used AI tools to accelerate targeting decisions, helping operators sift surveillance data faster and reduce cognitive load—while maintaining human-in-the-loop control. This illustrates the current paradigm: AI as a force multiplier under oversight.
In Europe and Ukraine, AI-powered drone swarms are now being deployed in limited cases. A firm plans to deliver 33,000 kits that upgrade drones for autonomous tracking and evasion, enhancing swarm capabilities amid growing Russian air threats. Meanwhile, battlefield deployment shows AI-controlled drones identifying and striking targets even under electronic jamming . These systems offer agility—but raise alarms over unintended escalation and uncontrolled autonomy.
Behind the scenes, defense budgets are increasingly allocated to AI autonomy—covering undersea drones, flying-wing “wingman” systems, and automated sensor platforms . A startup is using AI to analyze submarine acoustic data—identifying threats like rain squalls, whales, or enemy vessels—under a $6 million Pentagon contract. These innovations seek to shift warfare speed and decisiveness toward machines.
Yet critics warn of serious ethical and strategic flaws. Independent researchers highlight that lethal autonomous weapon systems remain unpredictable—susceptible to misclassification, emergent behavior, and “black‑box” opacity . Weapon control remains ambiguous: systems like Israel’s Gaza-targeting AI operate under human oversight, yet have generated thousands of potential strike recommendations daily—raising deep questions about proportionality and civilian risk (source).
International governance remains fragmented. While over 60 countries endorsed a non-binding military AI blueprint, few have passed binding treaties—China notably declined to sign—leaving norms weak in the face of rapid innovation. Experts warn that the AI arms race may degrade international stability and weaken global AI research openness.
Actionable Insights:
Insist on Human-in-the-Loop and Accountability: All AI-enabled targeting or operational systems must preserve final human decision authority, clear audit trails, and accountability under international law.
Support Binding Global AI Arms Norms: Nations should negotiate enforceable frameworks governing lethal autonomy, drone swarms, and ethical deployment—even as technology outpaces legislation.
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